'West Brompton' a small oil painting (30 x 40cm) is finally finished 🧐 I really wanted to convey the atmosphere that I always feel when using these platforms... The combination of soft warm yellow orange lights and brick walls give an oldy worldly feel. I love these old stations 🤔 #oilpaintings #londonunderground #westbrompton @drawingsocietyuk

It was really lovely to be asked by Gwen Hughes, the curator of Watts Contemporary Art Gallery to be part of an exhibition: 'Lines & Lineage: Three wood engravers' celebrating a century of wood engraving by Gertrude Hermes, Sarah van Niekerk and myself. This week I visited the exhibition... what a wonderful studio setting. The lighting was perfect for wood engravings. It was special to see a collection of Gertrude Hermes engravings up close. Her images like 'Stonehenge' are so familiar and iconic but to see it in person and and be able to study her mark making and appreciate the actual size of the image is a real treat! Again, I know the work of Sarah van Niekerk from illustrations in books but have not seen such a collection up close. How was she able to engrave lines so finely and so delicately yet print them so perfectly? 🤔 And her ability to render any texture whether it is bark, sheep's wool, buildings or animal fur... just incredible. If you are in the Guilford area it really is a treat to see the work of these two printing giants who have handed down such a legacy. The Watts gallery is also set in some beautiful grounds and their cafe is lovely. Thank you Gwen for curating such a special exhibition. I have twelve works showing in the show: View Subterranea 4 View Subterranea 9: Holborn View Subterranea 10: Waterloo View Subterranea: Finsbury Park View Subterranea : Hammersmith View Subterranea : Gloucester Road Dollis Hill Paddington Station Angles of Incidence: Lancaster Gate Mimas tilae: The Lime Hawk Moth Swallowtail Butterfly Memento Mori @wattsgallery @societyofwoodengravers @societyofgraphicfineart #GertrudeHermes #SarahvanNiekerk #rebeccacoleman